Traumatic Brain Injury PART SIX: Rehab: Acute Medical Complications
Description:
According to the CDC, in 2021, there were more than 586 TBI-related hospitalizations and 190 TBI-related deaths per day. These numbers do not include concussions or mild TBIs that were discharged from the emergency department. According to Schneider (2021), approximately 47.4% of individuals over the age of 40 have a history of TBI and are living with a disability.
Based on evaluation data from the TCAA’s on-demand learning system, many healthcare providers have requested additional education on TBIs. In response, TCAA’s Education Committee has developed a nine-part series covering the continuum of care, from EMS to discharge to the community. The series will conclude with a session on coding TBI-related injuries. Each webinar will feature healthcare providers from across the United States.
Objectives:
- Review basic epidemiology of traumatic brain injury (TBI).
- Describe acute management of TBI (pathophysiology, principles of management, etc).
- Discuss acute & early medical complications of TBI and management.
Moderator: Norrie Bradley
Presenter: Dr. Kian Nassiri
Bio: Kian Nassiri is a Brain Injury Medicine Attending Physician at the Shirley Ryan AbilityLab and Assistant Professor at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine. Originally from the Bay Area in California, he completed his undergraduate training at the University of California, San Diego and medical school at the Arizona College of Osteopathic Medicine. He completed both his PM&R Residency training and Brain Injury Medicine Fellowship at the Shirley Ryan AbilityLab/McGaw Medical Center of Northwestern University. His academic interests include the full spectrum of traumatic brain injury, non-traumatic brain injury, neuropharmacology, disorders of consciousness, spasticity management, and medical education.